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The following is an alphabetical list of MCB faculty members and brief descriptions of their research. A list of faculty by division affiliation is available here. Bowes fellows are at the bottom.
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Hillel Adesnik
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Dynamics of neural circuits underlying information processing in the cerebral cortex.
Tom Alber
Endowed Chair, Chancellor's Class of '43 Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structure/function correlates in tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, molecular recognition and signaling
Mark Alper
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biochemistry; biomolecular materials
Sharon Amacher
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Cell fate determination in vertebrate embryonic development
Bruce N. Ames
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Mechanisms of aging. Mitochondrial decay in aging. Oxidants and antioxidants in DNA damage. Micronutrient deficiencies and DNA damage. Chronic inflammation and Cancer.
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Clinton E. Ballou
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Georjana Barnes
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Microtubule cytoskeleton and cell cycle controls
Greg Barton
Associate Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Innate immune system
Helen Bateup
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular mechanisms of synapse and circuit plasticity
Diana Bautista
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular mechanisms of transduction in touch and pain receptors
Steven Beckendorf
Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular biology of development; Global warming: solutions and biological effects; Concentrating solar power.
James Berger
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structural and mechanistic biochemistry of macromolecular assemblies and machines that regulate the initiation of DNA replication and chromosome and superstructure
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular basis of cell surface interactions
David Bilder
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics of cell and tissue architecture
Michael Botchan
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professorship in Biological Sciences Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Eukaryote DNA replication and control of S phase
Rachel Brem
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genetics of Regulatory Variation
Steven E. Brenner
Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Computational Genomics
Beth Burnside
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology of the photoreceptor cytoskeleton
Carlos Bustamante
Howard Hughes Investigator and Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies
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Richard Calendar
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular genetics of viruses
W. Zacheus Cande
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and developmental biology
Jamie H. D. Cate
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Basis for Protein Synthesis by the Ribosome
Christopher Chang
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Discovery and elucidation of new signal transduction players and pathways with molecular imaging
Michelle Chang
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Enzyme catalysis and metabolic engineering
Thomas Cline
Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Sex determination in Drosophila
Kathleen Collins
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Telomerase, non-coding RNAs, RNA silencing
Laurent Coscoy
Associate Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Molecular mechanisms of immune evasion in viral infection
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Yang Dan
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Neurobiology
Information processed by neuronal circuits
Abby Dernburg
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Chromosome organization and dynamics during meiosis
Andrew Dillin
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
My laboratory works on the genetic and molecular mechanisms that regulate aging and aging-related disease.
Jennifer A. Doudna
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
RNA-mediated gene regulation
David G. Drubin
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Actin and microtubule cytoskeletons in yeast and mammalian cells
Peter Duesberg
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Genetic structure of retroviruses
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Michael B. Eisen
Associate Professor
Genomics/Bioinformatics
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Daniel Feldman
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Sensory processing and plasticity in cerebral cortex
Marla Feller
Professor of Neurobiology
The development and function of retinal circuits
Gary Firestone
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular endocrinology; tumor biology
John G. Flannery
Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular mechanisms underlying diseases of the retina
Walter Freeman
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Neurophysiology; nonlinear brain dynamics
James Fristrom
Professor Emeritus of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Role of transmembrane proteins in cell-cell adhesion and the actin cytoskeleton
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Gian Garriga
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Developmental neurobiology; molecular genetics
John Gerhart
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Developmental biology
Robert Glaeser
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Cryo-EM of multiprotein complexes; membrane proteins; structural biology; biophysics; advancing the capabilities of high-resolution cryo-EM in biology.
Britt Glaunsinger
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Virology; messenger RNA processing and degradation
Alexander Glazer
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Macomolecular complexes; photosynthetic systems
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Ming Hammond
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Chemical Biology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Bioinformatics
Iswar Hariharan
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mechanisms of control of growth and cell proliferation. Regulation of regenerative growth.
Richard Harland
Department Co-Chair and C.H. Li Distinguished Professor Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular biology of development
Lin He
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
microRNA functions in cancer development, mouse tumor models
Rebecca Heald
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mitotic spindle assembly and function in Xenopus laevis
Dirk Hockemeyer
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Telomere biology of human stem cells
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Ehud Isacoff
Professor of Neurobiology
Ion channel function and synaptic plasticity
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Caroline Kane
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Eukaryotic gene regulation during transcript elongation
Gary Karpen
Adjunct Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Chromosome structure and function
Nicole King
Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Choanoflagellates, animal origins, and the evolution of host-microbe interactions
Jack Kirsch
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Enzymology; site-directed mutagenesis
Judith Klinman
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Principles of catalytic and regulatory mechanisms in enzyme-catalyzed reactions
Arash Komeili
Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Cell and Developmental Biology
Assembly and Subcellular Organization of Bacterial Organelles
Doug Koshland
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Mechanisms and principles that mediate desiccation tolerance and the structure, integrity, and evolution of chromosomes
Richard H. Kramer
Professor of Neurobiology
Chemical signaling within and between neurons
Bryan A. Krantz
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Translocation Across Membranes
John Kuriyan
Howard Hughes Investigator and Chancellor's Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structural and functional studies of signal transduction and DNA replication
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Harold Lecar
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology
Neural biophysics; excitable membranes
Michael Levine
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Regulation of enhancer-promoter interactions
Stuart Linn
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Enzymology of DNA metabolism
Polina Lishko
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology of mammalian fertilization
Kunxin Luo
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Signal transduction pathways mediated by receptors and the mechanisms controlling the activity of the receptor kinases
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Robert Macey
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Terry Machen
Associate Dean of Biological Sciences and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Epithelial transport; cellular and membrane physiology
Michael Marletta
Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structure/Function Relationships in Proteins; Enzyme Catalysis; Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signaling
Susan Marqusee
Director of QB3 and Eveland Warren Endowed Chair Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Determinants of protein structure and folding
Andreas Martin
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Energy-dependent proteases and molecular machines
G. Steven Martin
Dean of Biological Sciences and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell biology; tumor virology
Howard Mel
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Barbara Meyer
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Sex determination in C. elegans
Craig T. Miller
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Developmental and evolutionary genetics
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Satyabrata Nandi
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Tumor biology; endocrinology
John Ngai
Professor of Neurobiology
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of olfaction
Hiroshi Nikaido
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Membrane biochemistry; bacterial physiology
Eva Nogales
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structure-function of macromolecular assemblies: cytoskeleton self-assembly and nucleic acid transactions
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George Oster
Professor (Affiliated) of Cell and Developmental Biology
Mathematical modeling of molecular, cellular and developmental systems
W. Geoffrey Owen
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Membrane biophysics; retinal neurophysiology
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Lior Pachter
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair and Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Nipam Patel
William V. Power Endowed Chair in Biology Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Genetic and evolutionary studies of embryonic pattern formation
Mu-ming Poo
Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
Daniel Portnoy
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular and cellular basis of microbial pathogenesis
David Presti
Senior Lecturer of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
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Michael Rape
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Protein ubiquitination, degradation and the control of cell division and differentiation
David Raulet
Dept Co-Chair & C.H. Li Chair of Immunology & Pathogenesis Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Innate immune responses to cancer and infections mediated by natural killer cells and T cells
Jasper Rine
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Gene regulation; cell biology
Donald Rio
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Molecular genetics; transposable elements; RNA splicing
Ellen Robey
Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage
Henk Roelink
Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Induction in vertebrate development and ES cell differentiation
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Collective phenomena and ordering in condensed matter and biological systems
Harry Rubin
Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and tumor biology
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David Savage
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Synthetic biology and metabolism.
Howard Schachman
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Physical biochemistry
Randy Schekman
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Organelle assembly; protein transport
Mark Schlissel
Dean of Biological Sciences and Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
The regulation of lymphocyte development, genetic transcription, chromatin structure, and V(D)J recombination.
Kristin Scott
Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Establishment of nerve cell connectivity in developing nervous systems
William Sha
Associate Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
B cell gene regulation and fate determination
Nilabh Shastri
Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Mechanisms of immunesurveillance
Richard Steinhardt
Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology
Cellular and developmental physiology
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Mark Tanouye
Professor (Affiliated)
of Neurobiology
Mechanisms of nervous system structure and function
Jeremy Thorner
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Signal transduction mechanisms; biochemistry; molecular genetics; cell biology
Robert Tjian
Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry
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Fyodor Urnov
Associate Adjunct Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development
Engineered zinc finger DNA binding proteins
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Russell Vance
Associate Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Host-pathogen interactions
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Karsten Weis
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Macromolecular transport into and out of the nucleus in eukaryotic cells
David Weisblat
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Developmental biology
Matthew Welch
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cytoskeletal function in cell migration, membrane trafficking and microbial pathogenesis
Frank Werblin
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology
Neurophysiology of vision
Gerald Westheimer
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Neurobiology
Neurobiology; psychophysics
Fred Wilt
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular embryology; cell biology
Astar Winoto
Director of Cancer Research Laboratory and Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis
Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and proliferation in T cells, cancer, host pathogen interaction and human stem cells.
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Ahmet Yildiz
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Structural mechanism of molecular motors. High resolution imaging of subcellular structures
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Qing Zhong
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Mechanistic Studies of Apoptosis and Autophagy in Mammals
Qiang Zhou
Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biochemistry of HIV gene expression and transcriptional elongation
Robert Zucker
Professor of Neurobiology
Cellular neurophysiology; synaptic biophysics
David Zusman
Professor of the Graduate School Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Microbial development; molecular genetics
Bowes Research Fellows
Bowes fellows are recent Ph.D. and M.D. graduates chosen by international competition to conduct independent research at the frontiers of biomedical and life sciences.More Information >
Liam Holt
Bowes Research Fellow
Evolution of cellular signaling systems, cell division control, synthetic biology
William Ludington
Bowes Research Fellow
Liming Wang
Bowes Research Fellow
Identification of novel genetic and neural players in the regulation of energy homeostasis, and how they are involved in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders
Woj Wojtowicz
Bowes Research Fellow
Molecular basis for neuronal cell recognition, axon guidance and synaptogenesis
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